Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-08-08


surplus, aud you will he tempted to abuse
the franchise Of the company and make up
the deficits of one year by adding some of
the receipts Of another year; and you will
be tempted To send ont mean, anonymous
circulars drrUgatOry 10 other companies,
inIgeltul of the fact that anonymous com
municaton means only two things the
cOwardicC of the author and the inetliciency
of tht ''r in allowing such thing Ia he
dated anywhere save inside OF a peniten-
tiary. Under the mighty pressure many
have gone down, and you will follow them
il yea have too much confidence III your
sell and do not appeal To the Lord for posi-
tive help. But il any of you belong to
that miScreant class OF people who, with
out auy financial ability, organize them
selves into what they call life insurance
company, with pretended capital of two
hundred thousand dollars or three hundred
thousand dollars, then vote yourself
INTO THE LUCRATIVE POSITION,
and take all the premiums for yourself and
thcu, ut the approach of the State Superin-
tendrnt, GtOp all into the hands OF those
life Insurance undrTtakers whose business
il Is TO gather mp the remains of defunct
organizations and bury them in their own
vault-thcn, say y0u had better get out
of tie business aud. and disgOrge the
widows houses you have swallowed. But
my word is to all those who are legitimate
Is engaged III the business: You ought To
hc better than other men, not only because
of the responsibilities that rest upon you,
but hrc.tu~.. t,i' tuth Is ever confronting
Won that Suug stay on earth Is uncertain,
and Your life matter "i few days or
yeus. do nol those hllck-rdgrd letters
that come into your Office make
vOu think? Docs not the doc
tors certificate ON tine death
claim give YOU aihrlll? Your periodicals.
your advertisements, and even the lIthog-
raphy oi your policies warn you that You
are mortal According to your own show
ing the chances that you will die this year
are at least two per cent. Are You pre-
pared for tbs tremendous eNigcpcy' The
most condemned man in the Judgment
Day will be the unprepared life insurance
man. !or the simple reason that his whole
business wl- connected with human exit,
and liz cannot say: Il did not think
His whole business wds to think on that
one thing ., my brother, get insured ioc
eternity IN consideration of what Christ
has done for You. have the iudenturr this
day made out, signed and scaled with the
rel seal of the cross.
Rut have words Of encouragement and
comfort for those Of my hearers who are en-
gagged in the fire insurance business.
You ARE ORDAINED EY GOD To STAND
between MS and the most raging element
of nature We are indebted 10 you for
what the National BOARD of Underwriters
and the Convention of Chiefs OF the Fire
Department have effected through your
suggestions. and through your encourage
mcnt. We are indebted to You for what
you have effected in the construction of
buildings. and in the change in the habits
of our cities; 30 that by scientific princi-
pIes orderly companies cNtinguish the fire,
instead of the old.jimc riots which used To
eNtiumish the citizens. And we are in
debtcd to You for the successful demands
you have made for the repeal of unjust
laws-fOr the battle YOU have waged
against incendiarism and arsor-ior the
fatal blow you have given to
the theory that corporations have
no souis, by the rhccriuncsS and pr0mpti-
tudr with which vnu have met losses from
which Won might have escaped through the
technicality of The law. ] do not know
any class of men in Our midst more high.
toned and worthy of confidence than these
men, and vet have sometimes feared that
while vorr chief business is to calculate
about losses on earthly property, Won
la tt.tg
that which, in regard to vour soul. in your
own parancr might he called hazards,
extra hazards. " Especial hazards An
unfnrgiven sin in the soul is more innan-
mable and explosive than cImphine or
nitro-glycerinc. However the rates NAV
be--yca. though the Who'll" earth were
paid down to Won in one s0lid premium
Won cannot afford 20 lose your soul. Do
not take that risk lest il hr said hereafter
that while in this world you had keen
business faculty. when Won went out of
the world yOu Went out cvcrastingly in
solvent The scientific EiitChCOrks. and
Sillimans. and Ilitchclls o. the world have
united with the sacred writers to make Us
believe that there i coming
CUNFLhGRATION, To SWEEP THE EARTH,
compared with that Of Chicago in ISL.
and that Of Boston in l~72, and that of
New York in ISIS. were mere nothing.
BROOKLYN on fire, New York on fire,
Charleston on fire, San Francisco on fire.
81. Petersburg ON fire, Paris on fire.
London on fire. the Andes on fire, the
Appcnines on fire, the lIimalavsa on fire,
What will he peculiar about the day will
he that the water with we nut out great
fires will itself take great flame: and the
Mississippi and the Ohio. and the ST.
Lawrence. and Lake Erie aud the Allan
tic aud the Pacific oceans, and tumb'mg
Niagara, shall with red tongues lick the
heavens. The geological heats 0i the cen
ire of the world will burn ont toward the
circumference. and the heats of the out
side will burn down from the Circumference
to the centre. and this world will he
come not only according 20 the Bible, hut
according tu srru"c. q living COal--the
living coaI aitcrvari whitening into
ashes. the :..pc- scattered hy tn" breath of
the las' hurricane. and IL! that will he
lcr ut t.i- curious planet will be IN"
flakes ul n-Nr. fallen on other worlds. O.
on that duy HilI you hr fir"-proot, or will
vuu hr a total lus~? VIII ven he rescued,
or viii you hr cnnsumpd2 When this
.rra' cathedral oi the world, with its pill
lal- or rorks, nud IFS Pinuaci,s Of noun
tain~. and 'iy cellar ol golden mine, and
its upholstery "f morning cloud. aud IT,
nantiSu.a tput of 81" sea, shai, hlIzr, VIII
vnu get oui on ihrirr-escupe OF the LoId.s
Gciverm,c, - or ihat day Tor which all
other DAYS were made, may Il he found
that ihrs" lIi. Insurance men had given
them instead Of the debris of n con. umed
worldly estate u"Hsr not made with
hands eternal IN the heavens.
,.noa Kc-uii- In Every Case.
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iry Dr.. Kings Ncw Discovery lor Con
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and Colds with best results. This Is The
experience Of thousands whose lives have
been saved nv this wonderful discovery.
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